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THE FARMVILLE HERALD.
HONOR FOR THE PAST, HELP FOB THE PI HOPB FOR THE li Mi.
vol.. XI. FARMVILLE. VA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18. 1901. NO. IO.
CITY DIRECTORY.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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ATTOItNKY VI LAW.
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C S. WING,
ATTORN 1 t \T LAW,
Creen Bay, Prince Edward County, Va.
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(' H. BLISS,
EfERAL AUCTIONEER,
H. C. CRUTE,
DRl HOIST.
Extracts,
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weakened furn lions. Fir
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EVENING'S SHADOWS.
Dr. T .Image's Comforting Words
h Those in Declining Years.
Helpful 'thnnthlt siiituealrH ht the
las lint I,,D t0 (hrl.l lo SI,I,lr
"oiiiltln In an Orient?
al \ llliij..-.
-Ight, 1900, by Loni? Klep.rh ]
ott 7.
In this Minion Dr. I i msfs dis*
I upon !l,e InvitStioD e,\, |, to
lt to stay over nigkt in the oriental
atory
..e U \! ia Luke 24. kW:
? with ub, fttr it i. toward
I I concluded their
errand in Jerusalem hevs started out
ut the citj feta anti an- on their way
to Kimi.hui, thr place of their resi
II.ev go with a sud heart,
bad lu i ii theil' adtnli
their Joy, had been beset] massa
cred and entombed. Ab with sad fae*
brohea heart they pass "ii tin ir
Way a stn.
till Him their anxieties and Iii! terners
il. He in tnrn tulkb tn I
might Dj expounding ths Bcrtptun i li
throws over them the fssoinstioo of in
telligi nt conversetion. They forgo! the
ind notice not the objects they
snd I" fore thev?are aware have
("lue un in front of their bfl
pause before the entrance and Sttempt
to persuade the stranger to ts rrj arith
prc upon liim theil hoe
.ml ll"
?i prowling vv lld beast
ii to lie unsheltered from thp
lien. He cannot go much farther noss.
Why not stop there and continue their
rsa tlon? They luke Him
by the arm, and they Insist upon B -
sddresaing Him in the
"Aliitle with Uh, fur it is ti
og." The lamps are Lighted, ths
is spread, pleasant *ocia<
are enkindli rejoiee la the pres?
ence of tlie stranger guest. He asks
pon the bretni they (nt,and
He brunis a piece io seek. Suddenly,
arith overwhelming power, the
thought ris*hrs upon the astonished
? it is the Lord! And as they sit
in breathless wonder, looking upon the
\ .f Jesus, He vsnishi tl.
?er view snded. Be was gone.
With many of us lt ls a bright, sun?
shiny da] of proaperil v, l). i ? -
a cloud in tlie sky. not a leaf rustling
in tin forest. No chill la the air. Hut
DOl (\prct ail this lu last. Ile
is not an intelligent man who es
perpetnal daylight of Joy. Thc sun
will after swhils ncur thc horizon. The
BS will lengthen. While I spi rik
ninny of us Btend lu the very hoi
scribed in the text: "Foi it is toward
I he rct|nes! of the text
i- appropriate for SOmS in every com
niunilv. For with them it is toward
the evening of old age. They have
passed the meridian of life. J hey nie
sometime! start lad to think how old
are, They do not, however, like
tithers to remark spoa it. if others
mggesl their approximation toward
n net able appenraiice, the] say: "Why,
I so old after ull." They do in?
peril notice lhat they rnnnot lift quite
is much as once. Tl walk
patts m fust. They cannot rent! quite
without spectacles. Thr.v (un?
easily recover from a cough or
iny occasional ailment. TkSJ h;o'
taste for merriment. They are
surprised nt the quick passage ot lin
.car. They say that it only seems but
i little while ago that they were
rio v are going a little down kill. There
s SOmetking in their bealtk, something
ii their Tision, something in their
?liing in their cbnngfng ns
ociations, something above, somr
hing beneath, sometklag within to re
nlnd tht ni that it is toward sveniag,
The gresl want of all such ls to have
.ibitle with them. It is a dismal
li i ii pr to be getting old without the re
ring influence of religion. When
re stop on the down grade of life and
11 tli.it it dips to the verge of the cold
iver, we want to In ho!ti some one near
i ho will help ns across ir. Winn the
? | power to glance nnd gatk*
i up, WS neei! the fnith that can illum
.'. hen we feel the failure of the
.ir, we need the char tones of that
?? hich in olden times broke up the
ilence of the deaf with cadences of
When the axmen of deafh ht w
own whole forests of strength and
canty around us and we are left In sol
lude, we need the dove of divine merry
g in our branches. When the
sra begin to full and vve feel lhat
he day ls fur spent. WS need most of
tate the benelicieni .Jesus
i the prayer of the villagers: "Abide
.ith us, for il is toward evening."
Thc request of the text is an appro?
bate exclamation for all those who
re approaching the gloomy hour of
emptation. There is nothing easier
? be good natured when every*
liing plSBSea or to be humble winn
- nothing to puff fr? up or forgiv
ig when wc have not bean assailed,
r hOBSBl vs hen we have no lad nee
lent to fraud. Hut you have felt the
tl mptatiori. Your na
| somi time quaked anti groaned
'lie infernal fore,-. ?,,u {,-]{ that
? ii. Voil saw
our Christian graces retreating. You
and that you would fail in ihe mi?
ll wreatls With sin and bc thrown
ito the dust. Thc gloom thicki-md.
he fir-! Indications of tkenigkt wi
.i In all ihe trembling of your soul, o
i all the infernal s f Satan, t
i all the surging up of tumultuous
lesions and excitements, you felt with
iv ful atupkasla tkal it was towan!
n ning. In the tempted houryiui neill
i ask Jesus to abide with you. Ymi
oi beal buck the monster thut would S
vour. .Toa can unhorse the sin thnt d
mild ri ii. You can sharpen u
ie batt skien you split the li
rad of helmeted abomination. Who fi
tiped Paul shiikr- the brazen gatetl ti
r-art of r'tlix/ Who acted like a good ti
sailor when all the er.
MeditatrranesB sh,pw nek.' \v ho I
the mart] i word
the withes of the stake and put 0 .
kindling fire?
ii the night of the soul i
and all the denizens of dal
riding upi i
th to the soul'.' \\ i
calmness to the heart? M i
spell of Infernal ? i
? ?
? with ti.-, for lt la tow
, lng." (lue of the foHS ' f i'liince BBS
attacked and the outworks
hefore night. 'I
down.tkinkingthsl ti.
lo do in the mon,iuc. snd I hst I
in tlie foi i
rrendsr. Hm during ihe i
tkrOQgks backs'
the country. In the morning i:
? tr army SBTSBg upon ii.. .
' -. but found that their pr. j
?.vhen we Bl
temptation, there is alwaj
cnt stair by which we might gi
Ood will not nllt.vv us to
above what we art able, but wit!. ?
temptation a ill h: lng i ? bj of i
that we maj be abl. to bi ar lt.
The prayer of the text is appropri?
ate for al! who are anticipating sor?
row. The greatest folly timi
grew on this planet ls the tendency
to borrow troi.blt Bal tl
timrs when approaching sorrow1
i thal we need to be making
?
f your children bat
cine a favorite. Tl,.- en. of that
ehinl strikes deeper into the
than thc cry of all the others. \<,u
think more about lt. You give it
it tent uni. not beean ?
more of a treasure than the ? ??
but beCBUBB it is ':?? frail.
There is something in thc "heck. In
'? and in the walk that '?
J on quite sure that the lea ?
flower
il st tend?
ance are Ineffectual.
. the langh ?'linter.
No more romping for ri | .'Ugh
hall and parlor. The nursery i- ?
ened by an approaching calamity.
The heart feels with mournful I
pinion that the sun ls going dows*
speeds on. It ls tow int! ?
lng.
You hnve long rejoiced in the care
of n mother. You have done every?
thing To make her last days happy.
Von have run wilh quick feet to walt
upon hi r every want Ht l
hus been n perpetual blessing in the
household. Bot the fruit gatherers
an- looking wistfully at that tree.
Mer soul is ripe fi r Beaven.
ire read] ? en for her
entrance. Bul your soul -inks st
thought of separation. \nu CS
bear to think thal soon von vv
called to take the last look at
face which from the first hour bas
looked upon you wilh affection un?
changeable. Hut you s,e thal
ebbing and the grave will soon hide
her from your sight. You sit quiet.
YOU WI heavy-hearted. Ihe light is
fading from the sky. the air is i
It ls toward evening.
Yon had a considerable estate and
felt Independent. In Ave minutt ?
one fair bnlance sheet you could
just how you ?t'.oi! with the vv
But there came complies tiona; some?
thing that you Imagined impossible
happened. The Inst friend von
proved trnitor to your Interest! \
sudden crash of national misfortune
prostrated your credit. You ms]
anxious about where you ?
Ing and fear tkst the .ext tun '
the comm, reis] '???
prostitute. You foresee what you con?
sider certain defalcation. Von think
of the anguish of telling your friends
that you are not worth I dollar. You
know not how- you will ever
lour children home from school. You
wonder how you will stand thc
Ing of your library or !he nu ?
Into a plainer house. The mi-for?
tunes of ,ife have nocumn'nted. You
Kc*, thc sky so dark,
lt is toward evening. ,
Trouble is an apothecary thal mixes
i great many drafts, bitter ai.'! -
ind nauseous, and you must drink ,
tome one of them. Trouble puts up ,
i great many packs, and you D
?arri some or.e of them. There ll
landal so thick and well adjusted * I
lome thorn wi!] strike through it
rkare ls no sound so sweet but the
mdert a ker's screwdriver
brough it. In this swifi shuttle ot
he heart some of the thn
iraak. The Journey from J< rosalem
o Emmaas will .i, be ended. Our
vible, our comm' ir observ*
ition, reiterate i: I we can
lot mistake nnd Might not to i!
rnrd. it ls toward evening.
Oh. then, for Jesus lo abide with us!
Te awi' p. li- e\- ta tba
horn. He wipes the teer li?
lle v,,,,t! e
'
woop anti ihe Euroelydon t< ss ihe
ea. Let the thunders nt!!. Soon all
vi!l be well. Christ in thc ship to
oothe His fri
*The words of the text are pertinent
? ,il from the fact thal vv,
earing the evening of death. I have
leard it san! that we ougi | |
h though euell moment were to be
I do i
rv. As fnr as prepnt
eraed, wa might always to be rt v
int wi - be think
f death, for we hine (Int ic- in life *
hat demand our nttentiou. When a :
ian U I Ids busi- *'
think of thc bargeis he is "
inking. Winn a man - .; in d
,rts, it is his duty to .kial
of his clients. When a
lerk is adding up accounts, it is his '
his mind upon the col- it
mn of figures nv wi
fe with hough- '? is tar
-om being the high, st style of <").
ian. I knew a man who i.s.
> say st Light: "I wish I angil'
' ' '" Bs l' n iw an In
? rlnre nre times n. Len we
i
'
?
?
i time
of .1
'
mt no Impl
1 arl ? I
?! not
will fail,
and ti, eyes wi! heart
?
lill! whal
.iv Hil the
'.t not to b. a
theme. \\ ho vv
' The ivorl
? ry day I f. ?
ii d com pl a
BOl want to tuaki
' -? to Wiltl !l
st ii-- my soul in the
il I expect w bea
oiled .nviiv ;i- a
a. grander,
hes and sldi
ort. or Mame- mi the f
for an In
'? ihnt bili
the great
? ri ?,, ii thal and
liour iibout w loch no
! Le recklesa or foolhardy,
.r your courage, bur I tell
i will want something bet?
ter tl good aim nnd
,ou i o.e io your
'?
ii have in your
.?;i v mi warm in that ;
much
ll may bc bri"li!
oil from lite planet
? r i! i.t and vv hie the
Owl I . from the fort st. It
ii ny bc spring, and your soul may go
.- their censers in the
winier anti the earth
- ..vv shroud, It rosy bc autumn
anil tl . lire by thi
. ? itiire laid out in
lt may be with your wife's
ri ymir hand or j oil may be In a
Strange hotel with a servant faithful
lt ma] be in thc rail train,
?v the switch anti tumbling in
reverberation down the embank*
1 I know not the
time; I know not the mode, but tho
??f our life are being subt 11
away, un'! we shall some down to the
time wi,in we have but ten days left,
then ' - ' hen elgkt dsj?. live
threi
1 hen hours, three houra,
two hours, one hour. Then only mia*
:"t. five minutes, foin minutes,
? '.mi minutes, one min?
nie. Then only seconds lef!. fun
? ono
The chapter of lifo
?.!! The i
at rest! Ihe feet through with the
1 from nil
work. Nu word on the lips. No
breath in lin- nostrils. Hair combed
buck to lie undisheveled by any hu?
man hand*. The muscles still. The
i The lungs still. Tba
tongue still. All still. You might put
?o breast and hear no
sound. You might | I king
triitn; ir, but you SOU ld not
? ? No motion
throb. No life. Still! -
On earth with many of yon the
? in- happli .-t perl of thi i
i gather about the stand.
Von talk and laugh mid sing. YOU re
?oiint thi dey. Von plea for thc mor?
row.
of the day that is
[he goal for which you run, anti na
inn take out your watch or look at
ing sun you thrill with the
hone' ? ? :.ing.
h comes to th.- Vt hat
f thc sun of life is about to
-. thc dav-pring from on high;
rpetusl n rnn
spirit. What if the darkness
- is is ihe light of the world
I Heaven. What though this
-e dors crumble.? Jesua
nn pi | man
anchor lhat slwsya
e light that is never
i- Ike fountain that
. .Ic-lis is the >'
. amid the . '
. Itt.
You j: ? !m.ugh with ths
d backbiting of enemies.
i.i you no more by esil
? ill not
? uterpreted or your hon
i - of earth will
? : ties of Heat al I o*
. lie bereavements of
nnh ?' You will
pouring your
lng
t
Broken hi arts ie
|i. Wounds healed. Tears wiped
Bleated. Ko n
?
11, ill, s
?.-... i ,.f ihe li.tbe, aa
, a starving soldier, as
:n thi' evil.,
take on Ita
. fire psalm
y mirror; the for.
te i
?viii Bonos
; vour pul-. it: your i .
rour lip- will whisper it: j
ToVV.lt
urreiioy
,^i?.
TWO AND ONE-HALF OUNCES.
Thal Qnnntlts of ll,?hi,l TnUin llsll,
Will Slake n I) rn n Un ni of
An; liullt lilttal.
I an nation ex
|
sional life that IM ounces of alcohol
[ or thc equivalent in thc Inca! bran?
dies, whisky, wines ol
for a period of time at all ex'
will not fall to make an alcohol hab?
itue of the most finely endowed man
or woman In the world. The nervous
;n BBiely registers the abnormal
impression, no matter how carefully
the 2Va ounces of alcohol may be
taken. Once an habitue and lintier
the control of the alcoholic mania, the
strongest man or woman StCOBB
potent to escape from the tyra
iver.
Thirty-six years ago two nf the
noblest physicians, men of tine mitre
anti physical powers, commenced the
nea of tv\ nfuls of wklskj
i to induce sleep when overwi .
'1 hey were younger than n
illly lost his standing aud prac?
tice and died four years ugo, filling
a drunkard's grave; the other, poa
! tidiness .ri
etitution, lingers yat, a hopeless and
helpless alcohol habitue, whom the en?
tire medica] pharmacopoeia nor the
Strongest moral aid has availed to
rave. ? ? ? Two and one-half
ounces of absolute alcohol arl?
in volume to Uv. :.fills. This
amount of alcohol ls found in tl
blespoonfuls of the purest whisky or
blandy. I have rt ci ntly st cured the
services of two sm ncnt chemists, who
snslysad six varieties of the
finest wines, native nnd import.,! I
Ihe result of thvse B
volume in common measurements,
each being somewhat less (hun the
mrs Steted, to avoid fractional
reckoning: Two of our finest Califor?
nia M
alcohol in a pint. One muck-vsunted
American wine hus n lillie over eight
tablespoonfuls of pura alcohol In one
jiiiit. One brand of port contain. ?
tablespoonfuls of alcohol 'o a pint.
One Trench wine, imported and much
contains five tsbleS]
fuls of alcohol to a pint. The Ila,
wine, a California brand, contains four
tablespoonfuls of alcohol to a piut.?
Ur. Qreens, in Medical Record.
FACTS AND COMMENT.
Noah, who could face the world, was
overthrown alone in hi.- ow n v ii,
? Ham's Horn.
The school savings bank system has
bi ? ii introduced into the public schools
of Adrian, Mich., largely tkrongh the
efforts of the W. C. T. U. ihe '!< ;
for the first week were $17.
Northern Kurope contains the fol?
lowing estimated number of ti I i
Kt Miners: - NorWB]
); Denmark. 100,000, and Finland,
; an aggregate i I ..dhcr
Light wines?nothing so trencher
They inflame trie brain like fire
while melting on the palate lil-'
All Inhabitants of tight wine countries
are quarrelsome. ird Botwei
Litton.
If a dog wants to bark, yon can kee]
him quiet by holding his jaws shut, but
the bark is still in him Bl
give a man morphine, he mas not kmw
that he is In pain, but the pain is Still
there.?Good Health.
A temperance restaurant has been
opened in connection with the ;
MAH BstaBsSB in Paris, nnd a reli?
gious roof garden, with daily and Ban?
dee' prayer-meftings. has been in?
augurated In Nsw York.
Ixird Shaftesbury, writing on the
necessity of ten ? .?ions
said: "I am satisfied that, unless Ike]
exist, we should ba Immersed in such
on ocean of Intoxication, violence and
ain aa would make thlscountry unbear?
able."
Heading. Mich., which has been with?
out a saloon since the defeat of local
B in the oounty. I il put
ip the bond. I
mined to remain dry. The council has
te prohibit ihe sit'e of liquor in
the village nader 'he state law g;Tinj?
local option to villages whether in pro?
hibition conn!
Dsnghlrrs nt Inebriates.
The second Installment cf '
rs full- rs
fla!, though in no way inferior '
- as a vv ri).
be ih . race
if inebriates, for Russians driaa
;ind sn ng, Her nert
' gear. Sin p nmg from
nfancy to the day of I
rcullarity of the ii hild.
x'or had she any receptivity. The sense
if self -rwt ening
ult all viec nrer world. Her
i.tiiit
inCCS, of cutting a dash, of
?inning fume, absorb d her
nintl. Charlotte Broi
?
. i; bul lor it. rv i s wert held
she had
vorld. Still, she vii- ii n Ii*..
? and bad ? l
1'ruth.
Plain! ol a *ali.?ii Keeper.
.\ ||qni ii ? nt iv ri -
III his
ti With."
e aaid, at ion of
I
ny inind is the fact thai tht i
n is not drink
n! in tin past. No matt
:- in for dr
ragt man. if I ll
I al his '
n for a drink in a burry snd |
gain. It hui- ?Kain's
lora.
FOR PULLING STUMPS.
S ( "III ris lillee Vs. lil, li I. Xeeile.l on
Slim,al li.,, I nt lil III I In
l lill, .I -lui, ?.
Hit cu! shoe. r for
pulling mir
eight ?
at butt, ami tapered to tl
hole
irely. Ai
? :id time feet from butt, or a
IR PULLIN
fm ther up If il ?
"ll put ov,
up til
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